SOCCER BEAT : AVILA GETS REPRIEVE.Greg Avila will be able to play after all. Avila, whose participation in last weekend's Burroughs tournament led to three forfeits for Kennedy High School, has won back the right to play the Cougars, now 3-0-2. Avila is a Kennedy junior who attended Chaminade until this fall. Existing rules, written before the age of open enrollment, said he could only play on the junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. this season. Avila's family appealed Thursday at the office of Jeri Durham, Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. administrator in charge of interscholastic in·ter·scho·las·tic adj. Existing or conducted between or among schools. in  ter·scho·las athletics. It means Avila can play and Kennedy
doesn't forfeit two wins and a tie.
``We're happy,'' Avila's father, Greg, Sr. said. ``We assumed it was his home school and it'd be no problem.'' Despite the appeal, the City Section Interscholastic Rules Committee won't examine a new ruling until a Jan. 23 meeting. Section commissioner Barbara Fiege said the rules governing transfer eligibility need further review. Open enrollment allows people to transfer to any school within the district without penalty as long as the school has openings. Currently, City Section rule 214 says, in part, transfers must show a change of address. Coach Fred Singer Siegfried Frederick Singer (born September 27, 1924 in Vienna) is an electrical engineer and physicist. He is best known as President and founder (in 1990) of the Science & Environmental Policy Project, which disputes the prevailing scientific opinion on climate change. said he thought he could play Avila on the varsity team In the United States and Canada and UK, varsity sports teams are the principal athletic teams representing a college, university, or high school or other secondary school. Such teams compete against the principal athletic teams at other colleges/universities, or in the case of for last weekend's Burroughs tournament. ``He could have moved next door or across the street and been eligible,'' Singer said. Hammond creates own opportunities Jeff Hammond
Jeff Hammond (born on September 9, 1956), is a NASCAR personality. of Saugus always had the ability to score goals. Last year, his 14 goals was second-best on the team. Yet he usually waited for someone to feed him instead of making his own opportunities. This season, Hammond isn't waiting. He leads the area with nine goals in just five matches, including six in the Burroughs tournament. The Centurions won their group and play Arcadia in today's semifinal. Hammond attributes this season's success from playing on a select team that toured France, England and Wales England and Wales are both constituent countries of the United Kingdom, that together share a single legal system: English law. Legislatively, England and Wales are treated as a single unit (see State (law)) for the conflict of laws. this summer. At first, he said, he didn't fit in because he thought of himself as a goal-scorer. He didn't pass enough and was branded a ball hog A ball hog is a derisive term in basketball for a player who tends to handle the ball so exclusively that his behavior is damaging to his team. For this reason, "ball-hogging" is generally considered unacceptable playing behavior at all levels of basketball competition, especially . Along the way, he learned players want to win ``so bad that if the guy next to you has a better chance to score, you give it to him.'' It took time, but Hammond started passing, his teammates passed to him and he scored goals. When his team won a consolation title in a tournament in Great Britain Great Britain, officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 60,441,000), 94,226 sq mi (244,044 sq km), on the British Isles, off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. , Hammond had a hat trick hat trick n. Sports 1. Three goals scored by one player in one game, as in ice hockey. 2. Three wickets taken in cricket by a bowler in three consecutive balls. 3. . Missing: Camarillo It's a good thing Camarillo's boys had no matches scheduled this week because the Scorpions have been without nine starters and their coach. Jake Lewkowski is out with ankle injury. Tyler Abbott has a bad back. Mike Loza pulled his groin. Chad Schutt hurt his hip. Mike Anger and Ryan Geisler are playing in tonight's championship football game. Coach Glen Fischer went to Florida to attend a business conference. On Saturday, in the Calabasas tournament, Dagoberto Cetello and Patricio Salazar had to work, and Kevin Girod was on a family vacation. Tale of two defenses As good as the defense looks for Birmingham's boys, it looks as bad for Thousand Oaks' girls. Birmingham, behind the strength of seniors Andres Cruz, Josh Smith Joshua Smith (born December 5, 1985 in College Park, Georgia, U.S.) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA. High school career , Jose Rodriguez, Jesus Medellin and Norberto Pineda, has given up just one penalty-kick goal, and coach Jose Freire said he can rotate three goalies with no trouble. Thousand Oaks, meanwhile, is struggling because it lost its entire defense. Junior Susan Shivokevich, a returning all-area sweeper, and junior Kami Mitchell pulled thigh muscles; junior Naomi Isorda pulled a hip muscle, and goalie Jennifer Espinosa moved to Connecticut. CAPTION(S): 2 Charts Chart: (1-2) DAILY NEWS TOP 10 (1) BOYS SOCCER RANKINGS (2) GIRLS SOCCER RANKINGS |
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